Random things about me:
- I cannot stand still! My hands and my head need to be busy and filled with ideas and colors and random happy bits and pieces.
- I have always been a bookworm, "I have lived in books more than I lived anywhere else", as Neil Gaiman used to say.
- When I was a kid I used to write short stories
- In 2009, I decided to teach myself how to do digital illustration. This blog tells the story of a 10 years progression.
- In 2015, I started learning watercolor.
- I took calligraphy lessons for one and a half years, but I abandoned it. Too much patience required :P
- I have been a Postcrosser since 2013. You can see bits and pieces of my mail art on my Instagram account: @colorful.livia
- My latest hobby is making what I like to call Happy Notebooks. They are much like Junk Journals, only that some of them I use as art sketchbooks instead of journaling.
- I love taking pictures of random colorful things. And I love taking pictures of my feet. I have an Instagram account dedicated to all this: @do.you.hobby
- I love gardening. I find it very relaxing, especially after a long day at work.
- In 2015 I started learning how to sew. It took me three years to master making quilt blankets and now my house is filled with them. All colorful and magic. I make other stuff, but these little wonders remain my favorites.
- In my day to day life, I am a web developer and I also teach computer science at the university. I also have a coding blog, GrowingCookies.com, where I write mostly about PHP and Symfony.
- I have a Ph.D. in computer science, and I strongly believe that more girls should be encouraged to pursue STEM*-related studies and careers (* Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics).
- I have two cats who spend their days sleeping on the couch and their nights planning how to take over the world.
- I always wear different color socks and shoelaces
